KARIMNAGAR: Five-day Shiva Parvathi Kalyana Mahotsavalu began on a grand note at Sri Raja Rajeshwara Devasthanam in Vemulawada of Rajanna Sircilla district on Wednesday. The celestial wedding rituals started with Swasthi Punyahavachanam performed by the temple priests led by the main priest Appala Bhimashankara Sharma at the abode of Lord Shiva. Temple executive officer D. Krishna Prasad said that elaborate …
To Bengalureans who grew up in the 1980s, Republic Day brings a specific whiff of nostalgia – watching, on Doordarshan, the RD parade, live streamed from foggy Rajpath. The show’s theme this year, so the Horticultural Department tells us, is: ‘Philosopher-poet-saint Basavanna, and vachana literature.’ Basava, so the story goes, rejected the trappings of his caste and left home as …
On an overcast Sunday morning, Vasisht S, a chartered accountant from Chennai’s West Mambalam, made an announcement at home: ‘We’ll eat lunch outside.’ A few hours later, the Vasisht household — comprising 11 people — headed to a wedding feast and ate to their hearts’ content. “A leading corporate booked us for their function as one of their employees ate …
WARANGAL: Tribal girl Kalpana, who inspired Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to introduce Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak welfare scheme, performed the marriage of her daughter Chandrakala with funds from Kalyana Lakshmi. He noticed Kima Naik couple, who broke down in front of him saying they had lost everything in the fire mishap, including clothes, gold and silver items they …